Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh was an Irish scribe
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Ó Ceallaigh is known from only a very few manuscripts, such as LN G. 751. His work contains songs by Antoine Ó Raifteiri
, stories of the Fianna
, and may have known Lady Gregory. One of his manuscripts bears the date 1875.
Scribe
A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...
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Ó Ceallaigh is known from only a very few manuscripts, such as LN G. 751. His work contains songs by Antoine Ó Raifteiri
Antoine Ó Raifteiri
Antoine Ó Raifteiri was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards.-Biography:...
, stories of the Fianna
Fianna
Fianna were small, semi-independent warrior bands in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology, most notably in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill....
, and may have known Lady Gregory. One of his manuscripts bears the date 1875.
See also
- Mary Bonaventure BrowneMary Bonaventure BrowneMother Mary Bonaventure Browne, Poor Clare and Irish historian, born after 1610, died after 1670.-Background:A daughter of Andrew Browne fitz Oliver, a wealthy merchant and a member of The Tribes of Galway. She was a niece of Martin Browne, whose townhouse doorway, the Browne doorway, now stands in...
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- Daibhidh Ó DuibhgheannáinDaibhidh Ó DuibhgheannáinDáibhídh Ó Duibhgeannáin Dáibhídh mac Matthew Glas Ó Duibhgeannáin, or Dáibhídh Bacach as he sometimes called himself, was an active scribe, compiler and poet between the years 1651 and 1696. In the earliest of his known works, Royal Irish Academy Ms...
- Ruaidhrí Ó FlaithbheartaighRuaidhri Ó FlaithbheartaighRuaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh, King of Iar Connacht and Chief of the Name, fl. 1244-1273.-Biography:Ruaidhri was a brother of the preceding chief, Morogh...
- Seán Ó CatháinSeán Ó CatháinSeán Ó Catháin was an Irish scribe.Little is known of Ó Catháin. He transcribed Trí Biorghaoithe an Bháis - by Seathrún Céitinn - and Beatha Chaitríona, "air forálamh an óig úasail róonoraigh fhíorchartannaidh .i. Fhroinnsais Óig a Blake mhic Tomais oíghreadh na bForbach" in 1726, now BM Egerton...